Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch when creating your card. You may also choose to reshape it into a square card. You may use any die cut or punched shape in the place of the starburst EXCEPT for a rectangle or a square. Be creative! :)

Want to see what the design team has done with this sketch? Here is some inspiration from them to get your creative juices flowing:

Monday, February 24, 2014

Thank you to everyone who participated in our sketch challenge last week! We enjoyed seeing all the different takes on the sketch. Congratulations to the following people, whose cards are the Design Team's Top Three picks:

We are really loving what our challenge participants have been making for this week's color challenge! If you haven't joined in it yet, you have until 1:00 p.m. Eastern time/6:00 pm GMT Wednesday, February 26 to link your clean and simple card. We hope you'll share your work with us!

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Hello! It's time for another color challenge here at CAS - Colours and Sketches! If winter is still hanging around and being dreary where you live, we hope these colors will help brighten your day:

Deadline: Wednesday, February 26, 18.00 GMT

While
we've indicated the colors using Stampin' Up names, you do not have to
use Stampin' Up products for your cards. Just use whatever ink, cardstock and embellishments you already own that are similar to these colors. You may also use white, cream or black cardstock for your card base, and you may use black ink for stamping sentiments or images.

The design team has created these fabulous cards to get your creative juices flowing:

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Hello! It's Patricia here today, back again with another challenge. This week I've drawn up the following sketch for you:

Deadline: Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 18.00 GMT

The sketch was designed for an A2 sized card (5.5" x 4.25"), but you may tweak it into a square if you'd prefer. You're also welcome to flip or rotate the sketch when creating your card. You can use any shape EXCEPT a rectangle or square in place of the starburst shape.

If you haven't played along with us yet this week, there is still time to join in our current challenge: #60 - Colours. You have until 6:00 p.m. GMT/1:00 p.m. EST Wednesday, February 12 to link your card to the challenge post. We'd love to have you join us!

Thursday, February 06, 2014

Hello everyone! Welcome to our challenge blog! If you're new here, we hope you'll join in the fun and creativity. If you're a returning participant, we're glad you're back!

Are you ready for another month of challenges? Patricia will be our hostess during February, and this week we're starting things off with a color challenge:

Deadline: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 18.00 GMT

The Stampin' Up color names are only for reference; you do NOT need to use Stampin' Up products to make your cards for our
challenges. Simply use whatever you have in your craft supplies that is
closest to these colors. Please keep in mind that you are only permitted to use the
colors provided - no other colors please, although we'll allow white, cream, or black for
your card base and black ink for outlines and sentiments.

Here is some inspiration from the design team to get your creative juices flowing:

If you haven't played along with us yet this week, there is still time to join in our current challenge: #59 - Double. You have until 6:00 p.m. GMT/1:00 p.m. EST Wednesday, February 5 to link your card to the challenge post. We'd love to have you join us!